Rack for rubber stamps



No. 624,9l9. V Patented May 16, I899.

H. s. roman.

BACK FOB RUBBER STAMPS.

(Application filed Aug. 12, 1898.) (No Model.)

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ATTORNEY.

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RACK FOR RUBBER STAMPS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 624,919, dated May 16,1899.

Application filed August 12, 1898. Serial No. 688,413. (No model.)

My invention relates to racks for holding.

rubber stamps of the kind known as moldiug-stamps. Ileretofore suchstamps have been usually kept in drawers or boxes, from which places itis difficult to select the required stamp from among a lot of others.

Furthermore, stamps kept in this way get both themselves and theirreceptacle smeared with ink. I overcome these objections by making theform of rack shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the racksupported in an inclined position on a table. Fig. 3 is an end elevationshowing the rack supported on a wall, and Fig. 4 is a partial section online 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the said drawings, 101s a base-board on which are mounted four posts11, which in turn support the parallel bars 12 and 13. On the two lowerbars 12 are secured a series of the cross-bars 14 and 15, and on theupper bars 13 are similar cross-bars 16 and 17 directly over the bars 14and 15. The b'ars14 and 16 are riveted to the bars 12 and 13, and thespaces between them are sufficient to accommodate molding-stamps of theordinary oneline size. The bars and 17, however, are secured by screws18, which pass through slots 19 in the bars 12 and 13. This permits thebars 15 and 17 to be adjusted to greater or less width, so as toaccommodate stamps of dilferent sizes. For example, there are shown inthe drawings two bars 15 and 17, and consequently three adjustablespaces. In case there should be some stamps of unusual width one pair ofthe bars 15 17 can be adjusted or moved from or toward the other, so asto leave one larger space, or they can be removed entirely and the otherpair adjusted to a midposition, so as to give two larger spaces. Thebars forming the rack are supported at about the positions shown in thedrawings, these p0 sitions being such that the lower bars are highenough so as not to become smeared with ink from the rubber face of thestamps S, and the upper bars are low enough to permit the stamps to beeasily seized with the fingers. On the back or top of the molding partof, the stamp is pasted a piece of paper P, on which is a print takenfrom the rubber face. \Vhen thus prepared and supported, all of themolding-stamps are held in a position from which the required stamp canbe easily and quickly selected.

011 the back of the base-board 10 are two small bars of metal 20, whichare secured by the staples 21. The bars 20 are bent at right angles at apoint slightly removed from the center of their length, so that one legwill be longer than the other. The end of each leg terminates in a loopor ring 22. The staples 21 are driven -into the base 10 tight enough tomake a holding friction between the back of the base-board 10 and thebars 20, yet not so tight but that the position of the bars 20 can beadjusted by blows delivered at either end of the leg secured to theboard 10. Fig. 2 shows the rack supported on a table or desk 25 at aninclined position by means of the legs 20. It will be obvious that thedegree of this inclination can be adjusted by adjusting the bar 20 inthe staples 21, as previously described. It will also be evident that afurther adjustment of inclination can be made I by removing the staples21 and securing the shorter legs 20 to the back of the board 10 andusing the longer legs for resting on the table 25. In Fig. 8 one of therings or loops 22 on each bar 20 is hung on a pin or nail 26 in the wall27 while the other ring rests against the wall, thus supporting the rackin the inclined position shown. In this position sliding the board 10along the legs 20 changes the location with respect to the wall, but notthe inclination. The inclination can be changed, however, by reversingthe legs 20, as previously described, or by bending them so as to makethe angle between the legs greater or less than a right angle. To permitthis to be done, the bars 20 are preferably made of wrought-iron or mildsteel, which supplies ample strength, yet is sufficiently ductile topermit of such bending.

What I claim is-- I 1. In arack for rubber stamps, abase-board,

posts thereon adjacent to the corners of said board, upper and lowerbars supported by each pair of posts, and upper and lower crossbarssupported parallel to each other by the first-mentioned bars.

2. In a rack for rubberstam ps, a base-board provided With postsadjacent to its corners, a pair of bars supported by each pair of posts,pairs of cross-bars supported parallel to each other on thefirst-mentioned bars, and means for permitting the adjustment of thelastmentioned bars.

3. In a rack for rubber stamps, a base-board, a series of parallel barssupported on said board and slightly above its face, a second series ofbars supported above and parallel to the first-mentioned bars, and meansfor permitting the adjustment of said bars so as to vary the horizontaldistance between them.

4. A base-board provided With a rack on the upper face thereof, legsconsisting of metal bars bent at right angles and secured to the back ofsaid board so as to support it at an inclination, and means forpermitting said legs to slide on said base-board so as to varythe'inelination of said board.

5. A base-board, a bent bar having legs of unequal length, devices forsecuring one leg of said bar to said board so as to support it at aninclination, and means for permitting the reversal of said bar so as tosupport said board at a different inclination.

6. A base-board provided with a stamprack, a bentbarhaving legs ofunequal length, devices for securing one leg of said bar to said boardso as to support it at an inclination, means whereby said bar may bemade to slide on said board so as to vary its inclination, and-means forpermitting the reversal of said bar so as to give said board a stillgreater variation of inclination.

Signed by me, at Chicago, Illinois, this 9th day of August, 1898.

HARRY S. FOLGER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. A. RIEKER, O. L. REDFIELD.

